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he obviously campaigned about protecting education and infrastructure. and he ought to be tough on that, as john says. but i think the really -- the big question is how do you -- how do we avoid the cliff? i think we can. i'm optimistic we can. i think people often in washington are dumb but they're not crazy. and they're simply not going to take us into another recession i think. but the danger is this. the president has to decide, look, do i want a grand bargain or do i want to isolate and fight it out over this tax increase on the wealthy? i think if we get hung up on that issue, there's a higher chance we're going to go over the cliff. the issue ought to be how do we get revenue that's going to help, you know, settle this grand bargain. and if the republican -- if he can get the republicans to agree to a framework that really will seriously increase revenue and increase the tax burden on the wealthy, the president's got to keep on -- but do it within the framework that also agrees to some sense of entitlement reform and put that into next year. i thi
he obviously campaigned about protecting education and infrastructure. and he ought to be tough on that, as john says. but i think the really -- the big question is how do you -- how do we avoid the cliff? i think we can. i'm optimistic we can. i think people often in washington are dumb but they're not crazy. and they're simply not going to take us into another recession i think. but the danger is this. the president has to decide, look, do i want a grand bargain or do i want to isolate and...
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they're all educated within china. they have some exposure abroad. most importantly perhaps they've all succeeded within the system. they're men who have thrived within the communist party and they're going to do what they can to maintain the status quo and do as little reform, frankly, as they can get away. >> let's talk about the strength. there were three planks to that. the first was economic reform. market economics but mainly an aggressively export-driven model a version of south korea, singapore or japan. you talk about substantial rethinking of the model. >> he bet on demographics. he knew that china had a population of under employed people. could put them to work in factories and that would be the life blood of the economy. for 30 years they've had 10% growth. they brought 500 million people out of poverty. what they've also done in the last ten years is they've exhausted the value. partly it is demographics. frankly they are running out of young people, the population that would go to the factories. also, that model of creating these enorm
they're all educated within china. they have some exposure abroad. most importantly perhaps they've all succeeded within the system. they're men who have thrived within the communist party and they're going to do what they can to maintain the status quo and do as little reform, frankly, as they can get away. >> let's talk about the strength. there were three planks to that. the first was economic reform. market economics but mainly an aggressively export-driven model a version of south...
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and perhaps the education level of the modern citizen. complex problems can't be reduced to that. >> when you look at the debate taking place at the presidential level, it's happening with the backdrop of what's happening in pe. do you believe what this country needs is to cut government spending in order to balance the budget, perhaps raise some taxes? oroes tis ecomy need a stimulus? >> well, i think number one you can't let the deficit keep growing and growing, and neither candidate has given any credible plan that would balance the budget. and also neither has congress, republicans or democrats. when you look at what they propose, they are stopgap things which basically they know they're never going to get implemented. it just let's them go to the public and say we did something. so i've not seen a real plan with the exception perhaps of some symbols and getting rid of bush era tax cuts on the revenue side that would balance the budget over the next ten years. the monies that are sequestered would be a disaster. if we cut that warks i
and perhaps the education level of the modern citizen. complex problems can't be reduced to that. >> when you look at the debate taking place at the presidential level, it's happening with the backdrop of what's happening in pe. do you believe what this country needs is to cut government spending in order to balance the budget, perhaps raise some taxes? oroes tis ecomy need a stimulus? >> well, i think number one you can't let the deficit keep growing and growing, and neither...
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vocational education's making a big comeback. and i think that even as manufacturing jobs begin to return because our energy costs are going to be lower and labor costs are rising in asia, i think that those are going to be skilled manufacturing jobs. and we're on the brink now where we can figure -- we're beginning to figure out how to re-jigger our education to meet the economy of the future. >> i'm sadly going to be a little more pessimistsic than you, joe. and i think, fareed, you have asked the most important question. i am less worry good structural unemployment, wibut i am worrie about economic lousy jobs. there's a paper about the lousy and economic jobs. i think we're entering the period of structural lousy jobs. they can be manufacturing jobs, but they're not paying the same that they paid -- forget the 1950s, they're not paying what they were paying 10 or 15 years ago. i think we are entering a period, precisely as you say, because of this global labor market where this is going to be a big chunk of the middle class th
vocational education's making a big comeback. and i think that even as manufacturing jobs begin to return because our energy costs are going to be lower and labor costs are rising in asia, i think that those are going to be skilled manufacturing jobs. and we're on the brink now where we can figure -- we're beginning to figure out how to re-jigger our education to meet the economy of the future. >> i'm sadly going to be a little more pessimistsic than you, joe. and i think, fareed, you...
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but i think what's important to hispanic voters is whoo can he do on education reform, keep the costs of college down, what can he do to get jobs growing and try to find a way forward, again, in this gridlock city. i think you'll see a big emphasis on that early. and i think he'll be successful because the republicans are ready to deal on it now. >> i think they would put up a grand bargain and come to him first. i think it's likely the pass because the democrats really want it and the republicans very much need it right now. and on the question of governance, the president needs to learn from. some of the problems he's stel having, he needs to develop personal relationships. governor is not just about going around the country and ban storming as much as the president wants to do this in a second term. it was pointed out the president has played 105 rounds of golf, only one with a republican. >> so we're going to talk about how the president is going to try to develop a new more effect ivg governor style to deal with what is surely item one on the agen agenda, which is to stop the uni
but i think what's important to hispanic voters is whoo can he do on education reform, keep the costs of college down, what can he do to get jobs growing and try to find a way forward, again, in this gridlock city. i think you'll see a big emphasis on that early. and i think he'll be successful because the republicans are ready to deal on it now. >> i think they would put up a grand bargain and come to him first. i think it's likely the pass because the democrats really want it and the...
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we don't know how many people were inside, what sort of services were going on, what sort of educational programs they had in place at that time. but again, a very strong community. so we don't know also where the call, the original call, came from. we believe that it would have been from somebody inside that building, inside that facility. this is one of the major roads that runs just alongside it. and police there are just trying to make sure that they keep things going. but clearly, securing that area that's around the building, rob. >> deb, you know, i'm just trying to get a grasp of sikhism. it's a religion that our viewers -- many of our viewers probably don't know much about. just to share this as we watch these pictures -- and again, a mixture of taped footage and live aerial footage mostly from affiliate wtmj as we continue to follow this developing story where several people, anywhere from 8 to 20 at this point, believed to be injured by a gunman that opened fire within this sikh temple earlier this morning. just a couple of hours ago, 10:40 eastern time. police and s.w.a.t. te
we don't know how many people were inside, what sort of services were going on, what sort of educational programs they had in place at that time. but again, a very strong community. so we don't know also where the call, the original call, came from. we believe that it would have been from somebody inside that building, inside that facility. this is one of the major roads that runs just alongside it. and police there are just trying to make sure that they keep things going. but clearly, securing...
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over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. good gravy, bill. our insurance company doesn't have anything like it. magnificent, isn't it? with progressive, it's easy to cover all of your favorite rides. progressive has truck insurance? number one in truck and motorcycle. is that a golf cart? yep. we also cover...
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first of all, we make sure that everybody gets very good education. so no matter which school you go to, you get a first-class education. and if you are bright and able, you have every chance of rising all the way to the top. never mind what your background is. secondly, through our public housing program, through other public subsidies, particularly on health care and education, we make sure that everybody starts with some chips in life. you don't start zero. so if you're poor in singapore, it's no fun. but i think we are less badly off than if you are poor nearly anywhere else in the world. including in the united states. thirdly, i think that we have to encourage people to try their best to not be satisfied with where they are but to upgrade themselves. not just in school or while studying but all of their lives. >> let me close by asking you a couple of questions that are slightly more personal. you are the son of a prime minister and the son of really the founder of your nation. what is it like to follow in his footsteps? i realize it was not an
first of all, we make sure that everybody gets very good education. so no matter which school you go to, you get a first-class education. and if you are bright and able, you have every chance of rising all the way to the top. never mind what your background is. secondly, through our public housing program, through other public subsidies, particularly on health care and education, we make sure that everybody starts with some chips in life. you don't start zero. so if you're poor in singapore,...
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they boenlt have a high degree of education and both knowledgebling. i think we're lucky to have two great people running in the elections, especially given how they are. >> you have all these investments around america and increedingly around the world. what is your sense of the american economy? there are some signs that the economy is actually beginning to recover. housing is back. but yet the actual gdp numbers don't seem to move much. what do you think? >> there are some good sighs. housing has moved back a little bit. we've had a boon in energy. so -- and consumers have paid down a lot of debt. the bad side is there's an increasing government debt at the state and federal level. if you think back in 1982 this was a large outcry when the national debt passed 1 trillion. we're now adding 1 trillion per euro. soon the interest of the national debt could equal the whole amount in 1982 when you and i were here. i think it's a huge problem and a real problem. i'm hopeful that when the government forms that cob will address this problem. we've had such
they boenlt have a high degree of education and both knowledgebling. i think we're lucky to have two great people running in the elections, especially given how they are. >> you have all these investments around america and increedingly around the world. what is your sense of the american economy? there are some signs that the economy is actually beginning to recover. housing is back. but yet the actual gdp numbers don't seem to move much. what do you think? >> there are some good...
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america is worse off than it was 30 years ago in infrastructure, education, research. the country spends much less as a percent of gdp on infrastructure, research, development, education, and training than it did in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. we spend half as much on r&d as we did in 1960. we're falling behind fast. in 2001, the world economic forum ranked u.s. infrastructure second in the world. in the latest report, we're 24th. in the 1970s, america led the world in the number of college graduates. as of 2009, we were 14th among the countries tracked by the oecd. in other words, the great shift in the u.s. economy over the past 30 years has not been an increase in taxes and regulation but, rather, a decline in investment, in human and physical capital. president obama has real facts on his side which makes it somewhat depressing that his campaign has focused on half truths. let's get started. >>> steve ratner was one of the founders of the quadrangle group, a private equity firm that once managed $6 billion in assets. more recently, he was the obama administration's
america is worse off than it was 30 years ago in infrastructure, education, research. the country spends much less as a percent of gdp on infrastructure, research, development, education, and training than it did in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. we spend half as much on r&d as we did in 1960. we're falling behind fast. in 2001, the world economic forum ranked u.s. infrastructure second in the world. in the latest report, we're 24th. in the 1970s, america led the world in the number of college...
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ask everybody else to contribute which is why it does hit seniors on medicare, why it hits -- gives education budgets, and why it hits middle-income tax payers. >> listen to this exchange that was caught on tape last year by abc news between paul ryan and former president bill clinton. listen to this. it's fascinating. >> hey. paul ryan. >> how are you? >> i'm doing great. >> it's good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> i'm glad we won this race in new york. but i hope the democrats don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. >> my guess is it's going to sink into paralysis is what's going to happen. you know the math. we knew we were putting ourselves out there, but you've got to get out there. you've got to get this thing moving. >> do you want to talk about it? >> yeah. i'll give you a call. thanks. >> sounds like they were equally frustrated in that little conversation. i don't know if you could hear it as well as i could. what did you think? >> well, the reality is that the democrats have put forward a number of proposals to modernize medicare. we just have a very different way of doin
ask everybody else to contribute which is why it does hit seniors on medicare, why it hits -- gives education budgets, and why it hits middle-income tax payers. >> listen to this exchange that was caught on tape last year by abc news between paul ryan and former president bill clinton. listen to this. it's fascinating. >> hey. paul ryan. >> how are you? >> i'm doing great. >> it's good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> i'm glad we won this race in...
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first, it is education. and people have got to talk about it. we have to discuss it. we have to show how corruption will make institutions fail to serve the way they should serve the people. at the same time, we have to put institutions in place, we have to put processes of accountability in place. >> you have sent a lot of people -- the system have sent a lot of people to jail for corruption. ministers have gone to jail for corruption in rwanda. >> we have found that people have used public funds, public money for their own use rather than for the public good. definitely they have been held accountable by the institutions that have been put in a place to rule that. >> how do you get these people to not be corrupt? because in many countries, the judiciary itself is one of the most corrupt parts of the system. so, you know, it undermines the whole process. how do you get good judges who are -- how do you get a system in place where that corruption doesn't infect the judiciary? >> well, we've got to start from somewhere and the best place to start from is from the top.
first, it is education. and people have got to talk about it. we have to discuss it. we have to show how corruption will make institutions fail to serve the way they should serve the people. at the same time, we have to put institutions in place, we have to put processes of accountability in place. >> you have sent a lot of people -- the system have sent a lot of people to jail for corruption. ministers have gone to jail for corruption in rwanda. >> we have found that people have...
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i think america is becoming more aware and more educated about the facts and circumstances that have led to this, frankly, national public health crisis here and the gun violence we're experiencing across this great nation. >> we earlier, tom, had a debate here. we heard from a congressman who wants tighter gun restrictions and another individual says the more guns out there, the safer all of us will be. this debate has been going on for a long time. all of our viewers know for a long time. i expect it will intensify. tom, what should be done in the short term to deal with this problem? >> in the short term, we need to talk about it. we need to get our congress to talk about, the president to pursue it, state legislatures to actually pursue it and not treat this like it's the third rail of politics and nobody can bring it up because they won't be elected. frankly, you know, the congressman that have just got elected to the next term are already planning their re-election for two years from now. so, there's a fear among them to take this issue on and end their political careers by try
i think america is becoming more aware and more educated about the facts and circumstances that have led to this, frankly, national public health crisis here and the gun violence we're experiencing across this great nation. >> we earlier, tom, had a debate here. we heard from a congressman who wants tighter gun restrictions and another individual says the more guns out there, the safer all of us will be. this debate has been going on for a long time. all of our viewers know for a long...
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which is exactly why we educate people... about comprehensive coverage. yep. the right choice now can pay off later. looks like a bowling ball. yeah. oh! agents, say hello to the second-biggest hailstone in u.s. history. [ announcer ] we are insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> thursday was the deadliest day in syria since the uprising started 16 months ago. nearly 300 civilians were killed that day. the death toll simply underscores the need for finding...
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more -- he's also recently said something about immigration, that people with high skills and high education stapling that to -- >> you're covering all the parts that you like, richard -- >> no, no, what it says, i think, is that this is what makes the most sense for romney foreign policy. to take the economics that's central to his campaign, you know that, everyone watching it knows that, that's what the campaign is going to be about, and basically showing where the connection is between foreign policy and that. and to the extent he does that, i think it actually -- i'll leave it to others to say whether it's good politics. but i think that's good policy. i would hope the administration would do the same thing. >> i'm not rimes adviser, romney spokesman, so i'm speaking for myself here. i think, look, president obama's lucky. there aren't -- unless syria collapses, which it might -- we don't have a media crises. you used the word kick the can down the road about iran. china's a problem, but it's a problem down the road. most of our problems -- afghanistan's a problem, but they've sort of ki
more -- he's also recently said something about immigration, that people with high skills and high education stapling that to -- >> you're covering all the parts that you like, richard -- >> no, no, what it says, i think, is that this is what makes the most sense for romney foreign policy. to take the economics that's central to his campaign, you know that, everyone watching it knows that, that's what the campaign is going to be about, and basically showing where the connection is...